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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
LIQUOR DEALERS LICENSE.

Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
state of Texas:
Section l. That any person, firm or
corporation required by the stat
utes of this state to pay al oCcu-
patton tax as retail liquor dealer shall
post and keep posted in a conspicuous
place in his or their place or places OF
business, his or their occupation license
for the tax due the state, county and city
on the occupation in which they are en-
gagged. Said occupation license shall be
posted as above specified before any per-
son, firm or corporation subject to the
occupation tax shall engage IN business.
Sec. =. ANY person, firm or corporation
failing, negleCting or refusing to post and
keep pos ed their occupation license, as
required IN section l of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanOr, and
upon conviction shall be fined in double
the amount OF their occupation tax for
each offeDse, and each day any person,
firm or corporation shall violate the pro-
visions of this act shall constitute a
separate offense.
Sec. 3. II from any cause any certif-
cate of occupation license shall be lost
or destroyed, it shall be the duty of the
clerk, upon application of the person,
tlrIn or corporation who formerly had
such license, to furnish new GER
tifcate for the remainder OF the term
covered by the license lost or destroyed.
Sec. 4. Any person violating the pro-
visions of this act may be arrested
without warrant by any peace officer,
and carried before the nearest justice
of the peace for trial. and any peace
officer who shall fail or refuse to arrest
such person, on his own knowledge, or
upon information from some credible per-
son, shall be punished by fine not exceed
ing $500.
Sec. 5. Whhreas, there is no law for
the enforcement of the collection of ocCu-
patton tax, and whereas the near ap-
proach of the close of this session renders
it lmpracticable to read this bill on three
several days, creates an imperative pub
lie necessity that the constitutional rule
requiring bills to be read on three several
days be suspended, and it is so sus-
pended, and this bill be placed on its
third reading and final passage.
Approved April 4, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
RAILROADS - CONSOLIDATION OF
PARALLEL LINES.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of
the state of Texas:
Section l. That it shall be unlawful
for any railroad corporation or
any other corporation, or the
lessees, purchasers or managers of any
railroad corporation, to consolidate the
stocks, property, works or ranches ofsuch
corporation with, or lease or purchase
the stocks, property, works or franchises
Of any other railroad corporation owning
or having under it's control or manage
ment competing or parallel line; nor
snail any officer, agert, manager, lessee
or purchaser of such railroad corporation
act as or become an officer, agent, mana
ger, lessee or purchaser of any other rail
road corporation in leasing or purchasing
any parallel or competing line.
Sec. 2. ANY officer, director, manager,
uperintendent, agent, purchaser or les
see of any such railroad corporation or
other corporation, who shall violate or
aid in violating any of the provisions of
this act, shall be deemed guilty of mis-
demeanor, and upon conviction shall be
punished by fine of not less
than $1,000 nor more than
$4,000; provided, that no person
shall be liable to punishment under this
act who has not, by virtue of his office,
agency or position, voice in the nan-
agement of the railway company, or who
has not, by virtue of his office, agency or
position, some power to prevent viola
ton of this act.
Sec. 3. Railroad corporation, or other
corporation as used in this act, is de-
clsred to mean any corporation, company,
person or association of persons, who
own or control, manage or operate any
line of railroad IN this state.
Sec. Indictments and prosecutions
under the provisions of this act may be
found aud made in any county through or
into which the line of railroad may run,
and it shall be the duty Of the district
Judges to charge the grand iuries upon
this law the same as in other cases.
Sec. 5. Whereas, there is no law en-
forcing the above provision of the con-
stitution; and, whereas, the near ap-
proach of the close of this session Of the
Legislature rendering it impracticable to
read this bill on three several days, Gre
ates an imperative public necessity
that the constitutional rule requiring
bills to be read on three several days be
suspended, and it is so suspended. APP
proved April 4, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
BRIDGES.

Section l. Be it enacted by the LegiSla-
ture of the state of Texas: That the
county commissioners courts of the sew
eral counties of this state are hereby
authorized and empowered to issue the
bonds of said county, with interest cou-
pons attached, for such amounts as may
be necessary, for the purpose of buying
or constructing bridges for public uses
within such county, said bonds to run
not exceeding twenty years and bear in
terest at any rate not to exceed s per
cent. per annum.
Sec. 2. The commissioners court shall
levy an annual ed valOrem tax, not to eX-
coed Is cents on the 500 valuation, suf-
ficient to pay the interest on and create q
sinking fund for the redemption of said
bonds. The sinking fund herein provided
for shall not be less than 4 per cent. on
the full sum for which the bonds are is
sued.
Sec. 8. Said bonds shall never be sold
at less than their face value, and the in
terest of the same shall be paid annually
on April 10 of each year; and they shall
be registered, and an account kept by
the county treasurer of the amount of
said bonds, and the principal and interest
that purpose; provided, that no county
already indebted shall issue a larger
amount of bonds than taXof 10 cents on
the 500 valuation of property in the
county will Iiquidate in ten years; and
the counties having no debts may issue
such amount of bonds as tax of 10 cents
on the 500 valuation of property in the
county Will liquidate in twenty years.
Sec. 4. Said bonds shall be signed ~
the county judge, and countersigned by
the county clerk, and registered by the
treasurer, before they are delivered.
Sec. 5. Money in the hands of the
county treasurer belonging to the sink
ing fund of any county shall be first ep-
piled to the payment of said bonds, or he
invested in other bonds of that county or
other counties in the state, or in bonds of
this state or the United States Provid-
ed, in no case shall more than the face
value be paid for the bonds above men,
toned.
Sec. 6. The commissioners court OF
any county in this state may, when the
cost of constructing a bridge over any
bay or river in said county is $3.50, ZOO
or more, contract with any person, COM
pany, or corporation for the right of the
public to use such bridge, in such man
ner, upon such terms, and for such
annual compensation as may be agreed
upon by and between the owner or own
ers of such bridge and the commits
sioners court of the county where said
bridge may be located; Provided,
no contract for the use of any such bridge
shall be made for 8 longer time than
twenty-five years. The commissioners
court shall levy tax sufficient to pay the
annual amount contracted for.
Sec. Z. All laws in conflict here with be
and the same are hereby repealed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
A Biz strike Threatened.

CHICAGO, I'll, April pa strike
directly Affecting 5000 or 5000 hodcarriers
and laborers and necessarily involving
practically all the bricklayers, plasterers
and stonemasoDs of the city will probably
be 1naugurated May l. The hodcarriers
and Iaborers following the examples of
the painters and carpenters made de-
mand some months ago for higher wages
and shorter hours. Since then the en-
ployers association has twice declined to
accede to the demand. The men have
persisted in naming May Ii as the day
when the demand would be in force. The
move made to-day by master masons and
builders shows plainly that they will re-
sist infexibly.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
CISCO.

Returned Heme-CrOp PrOspe cts-A Vet
Gran.
Special to the Gazette.
Cisco TEX, April 28.-Mrs. T. B.
Wheeler and her sister, Miss Ellen De
Berry of Fort Worth, arrived In the city
yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Wheeler, to
the delight of her many friends in Cisco,
came home to stay and Miss DeBerry on
visit.
Farmers from all sections of Eastland,
Stephens, Brown and Callahan counties
report the ground as being in excellent
condition for working and the men with
the hoe as working with renewed energy,
all firmly believing the drouth to be brok-
en-. The acreage of corn and cotton this
year will greatly exceed any previous
year. The ground having had one years
rest, will be more easily cultivated an
other year, and no doubt will produce q
better yield, in case of good season,
than ever before
Major Joe Barron, an old Texas
veteran who is now in his eighty-eighth
year, left this afternoon for East Ten
nessee, his native state, where he will
JOIN his children and spend the remainder
OF his life, which promises to be many
years. Major Barron is quite active in
mind and body and does not look to be as
old as he really is.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
CITIES AND TOWNS.
Be it enacted by the Legislature c
tho S+cta Of TeyaS.

Be it enacted by the Legislature OF
the state of Texas:
Section l. That chapter 4, title II,
of the Revised Civil Statutes OF
the state of Texas, be ameRd-
ed by adding thereto article 4l0a, which
shall read as follows:
Art. 41Ca. To compel any person who
may De convicted of violation of any of
the ordinances of the city, and who may
be committed to jail in default of the
payment of the fine and costs aajudged
against such persons, to be hired out to
any individual, company, or corporation
within the county in which
said conviction is had (and to re-
main IN said county,, for the pur-
pose of paying off and discharging said
fine and costs under such regulations as
may be prescribed by ordinance; and to
pass such ordinances as may be necessary
to the regulation and enforcement of said
contract of hiring.
Sec. 2. The near approach of the close
of the session creates an emergency and
an imperative public necessity that the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days be suspended,
and it is SO suspended. Approved April
I, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
CORPORATIONS-VE OF SUITS
AGAINST.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
state of Texas:
Section |. That section l of an act en-
titled an act prescribing and fixing the
venue of suits against foreign corpora
tions, joint stock companies or associs-
tiOns, or acting corporations or associa-
tons doing business within this state,
and to provide the mode of serving pro-
cess on such corporations or associations,
approved March 81, A. d. 1885, be and
the same is hereby amended so as to
hereafter read as follows:
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the
state of Texas:
Section l. That foreign, private or pub
lie corporations, joint stock companies or
associations, not incorporated by the
laws of this state, and doing business
within this state, may be sued ia any
court within this state having jurisdiC-
ton over the subject matter, in any
county where the cause of action or a part
thereof accrued, or in any county where
such company may have an agency OF
representative, or in the county in which
the principal office of such company may
be situated; or when the defendant cor
poration has no agent or representative
In the state, then in the county where the
plaintiffs or either of them reside.
Sec. 2. Whereas, the near approach OF
the close of the session of the Legislature
creates an emergency and an imperative
public necessity for the suspension of the
constitutional rule requiring bills to be
read on three several days, therefore said
rule is hereby suspended, and this act
shall take effect and be in full force from
and after its passage, and it is so enacted
Approved April +, 1887.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
HOUSE BILL NO. 576--GLAsS-
COCK COUNTY.

Be it enacted by the Legisl ature of the
state of Texas:
SECTION /. That the following new
county shall be and is hereby created out
of the eastern portion of Tom Green
county, and the name and boundary
thereof shall be as follows:
The county of Glasscock: Beginning at
the northeast corner of Midland county;
thence east with the line of Tom
Green county thirty (3O) miles;
thence south thirty 800 miles; thence
west thirty (30) miles; thence north
along the east boundary line of indiana
county to the place of beginning.
Sec. 2. The county of GlasscOck is
named in honor Of George W. Glasscock,
who participated in the struggle for
Texas independence, and was at the
storming and capture of the Alamo on
the 10th of December, 1886, and was in
the Grass fights and other engagements
which resulted in the independence of
Texas.
Sec. 3. The county of GlasscOck be
and is hereby attached to the county Of
Martin for Judicial, surveying and all
other purposes.
Sec. 4. The new county TO be created
by this act shall pay pro rata share of
the existing debt of the county of Tom
Green contracted for public buildings,
and there shall be set apart so much of
the county tax levied and collected upon
the property situated in the portion so
taken from the county of Tom Green
annually as shall be sufficient to speedily
Hquidste said debt, if any.
Sec. 3. Whereas. the fact that another
regular session of the Leglature will not
be held for two years, and the further
fact that the present session is drawing
to a close and the isolated condition of
the people of the proposed new county
amounts to practical denial of justice,
creating an emergency and an imperative
public necessity for suspending the con-
stitu ional rule requiring bills to be read
on three several days, and that this act
go into effect and be in force from and
after its passage, and it is so enacted.
AppIoveds April Is, 1881.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
ooh. but 1 sallvated Rtm!,

Was the actual exclamation of an honest
physician, spoken of one Of his patients
to whom he had given caIomel for the
cure of biliousness and deceased liver.
And he had saturated him for certain, from
which ne never recovered. All these dis
tressing consequeneesare avoided by the
use of DR.. Pierce's pheasant Purgative
Pellets" purely yegetshle remedy that
will not sslivatti, but produce the most
pleasing effect, invigorate the. liver, cure
headache, dyspepsia, btliousness, consti-
patton and piles. By druggists. ~.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS SALE OF
BONDS.

Be it enacted by the Legislature OF the
state OF Texas:
Section l. That any county at any
time having its school funds derived from
the sale of its county school lands invest
ed in the bonds of the United States, OF
this state, or of any county, shall have
the authority to sell these bonds, when in
the opinion of the county commissioners
court 1t shall be deemed for the best in
terest of the fund, and invest the pro-
ceeds in its own or any other county
bonds duly and lawfully issued.
Sec. 2. Such sale and reinvestment
shall be made ouly when the proceeds OF
the sale can be reinvested in such county
bonds bearing the same or greater rate
of interest, and having the same or a
longer time to run before their maturity,
and no commissions shall be paid the
county judge or any other officer for
makingIsuch sale or reinvestment. And the
said court shall never pay higher price
for the bonds in which it is proposed to
reinvest such proceeds than the price at
which such other bonds were sold.
Sec. 8. The order for the sale and re-
investment shall be made by the county
commissioners court at Some regular
term thereof, when there is full court
present, and not less than four in number
shall concur in the said order, the names
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
A Killing Near Atlanta.
ndence of the Gazette.

Correspondence OF the Gazette.
ATLANTA, TEX, April Collaboration
reached here this evening that Tom Bra
den. very worthy young man, was shot
and killed to-day at the on the Texas
and Pacific Railroad, five miles south of
town, by q man named Melton. They
were engaged in lumber hauling, and it
is reported that they had difficulty yes
terday at sawmill few miles in the
country This morning Melton came to
the lumber yard armed with his shotgun,
and when Braden drove up with
his load of lumber, without word of
warning he shot Rundown. messenger
was sent to Linden after Sheriff Choate,
and he is now in pursuit of Melton, and
unless he crosses the line into Arkansas
he will doubtless be captured by morning.
Your reporter failed to learn the cause of
the difficulty which led to the shooting.
Young Braden had host of friends in
Atlanta, all of whom feel deeply grieved
at his untimely death, and outraged at the
coWardly and unprovoked murder.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
Court of Appeals.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, April 28.-The Court OF
Appeals decided the following cases to-
day: Daniel Baer VS.. Henrietta Bank,
from Grayson county. Affirmed.
CLARK & Clark VS.. DIllin & Lafelle, from
Dallas county. Affirmed.
Marke Evans vs.. S. S. Rines, from Tar
rant county. Affirmed on certificate.
j. Mullin VS.. the State, from Baylor
county. Affirmed.
Elk parte Tom Farley, from Rusk coun-
tv. Affirmed.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
Mason
Special to the Gazette.

Special to the Gazette.
MASON, TEX April 28.-Major DooIe,
member of the school board, informs
your correspondent that the institute OF
learning now being pushed so rapidly to
completion will cost $1,000, and will be
an honor not oily to the county, but TO
Western Texas when completed.
j. B. Berry, an old and hOnored citizen
of this county, and one of the Mexican
war veterans, had the misfortune to be
bitten by rattle-s snake yesterday. Medi-
cal skill may pull the old hero through.
The cornerstone of the new school
building will receive attention at the
hands of the Masonic fraternity On Mon
day next. Speeches will be made and 8
rousing time is anticipated. Mr.. Joe
Doodle. will be chief of the occasion.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
Charged With Criminal Assault.

Special 10 the Gazette.
WICHITA FALLS, TEX, April 28.-Bor-
ney Morrison, an eighteen-year-eld boy,
was arrested to-day on the charge of COM
hitting an assault on the person of Pau
line Lederer with intent to rape. Pauline
Lederer is an eleven-year-old German
girl who resides st this place. When out
side of town hunting the COWS she was
bounced upon by Borney. 1t is said he
choked her severely after refusal to COM
oily with his demand. The cries of the
child brought the father to the scene and
the culprit fed. Borney is now
in the hands of the constable and his
examination is set for tomorrow.
Borney has been frequently in jail and be-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
DALLAS.
Subscriptions for an Elevated Railway
Suit for Divorce.

Subscriptions for an Elevated Railway
Suit for Divorce.
Special to the Gazette.
DALLAS, TEX, April 28.-The project
of building an elevated street railway
from West Dallas, a distance of two
and q half miles, has about secured the
requisite amount of subscription to as
sure its building.
Gussie Windsor fled suit for divorce
yesterday evening on the quiet against
her husband, William Windsor, and the
divorce was granted to-day. Mr.. Wind
sOr is the gentleman who gave course
of chronological lectures in this city last
winter. Mrs. Windsor alleges adultery,
abandonment and other graver allega-
tions. The court gave ner the custody of
their two children. She has gone to her
mother in Kentucky.
The Abilene Reporter of late date gives
the News of this city the credit of bein,
the first to send aid to the drOuth suffer
ers, which is q mistake IN more instances
than one. Frank Holland OF the Farm
and Ranch sent 500 worth of seed to
the drouth district last October.
John I. Dram, an old and highly
esteemed citizen of Dallas, died last
evening.
A. j. Sanders was put under q $3.50
bond to-day for assault with intent to
kill David Hanbis.
Parties attempted to burglarize
George Miller's saloon. but sus-
peCting the raid Miller and
others watched until O'Clock
this morning. The burglars
opened the front door with q key, and as
they did so the parties on the inside fired
five shots, but 80 far as is known no one
was hurt, and nobody was caught. Dur
ing the night an attempt was made to
burglarize the house of Mr.. AYres, cash
Ter OF the National Exchange Bank, bu
as Mr.. Ayres was about to fire the bur
glars fed.
Henry Blocker, an employe at the
Grand Windsor hotel, was detected in
stealing from the guests rooms and
turned over to the police. He is in Jail.
Rev. Robert Butler, Captain William
Harriss, P S. Browder and j. G. GsrWin
are delegates to the cotton congress,
which convenes at Waco on May 1.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
Sneak Thieves.

Special to the Gazette.
BAIRD, TEX, April 28.-Night before
last the private room of Messrs. WEIGH
and Rose, our worthy day operators at
the depot, was entered by some sneak
thief, and both the gentlemen's watches,
S35 in money and some valuable papers
distracted, but as luck favored the opera
tors in part, they had deposited the
greater part of their pay checks received
from the pay-csr in the bank the evening
previous to the steal.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
ItsDelicacY of Flavor

And the efficacy, of it's action have rem
dered the famous. liquid fruit remedy,
Syrup of Figs, immensely popular. 1t
cleanses and tones mp the clogged and
feyerish system. dispels headaches, colds
and fevers, cures habtsaal constipation,
dyspepsia and the many ills depending on
a weak or inactive condition. of the kid
news, liver and bowels. For sale in so
cent and 81 bottles by King & VoIgt,
druggists, Fort Worth. MsnuIactured
only by the California Fig Syrup Coz, San
Francisco, Cal.
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Hubbard City.

correspondence OF the GazeLte.
HUBBARD CITY, TEX, April 26.-Bird
& Bragg of HiIsboro and T. G. Morgan
of this place were to-day awarded the
contract to build twelve brick store
houses IN this place. The houses are to
be completed by September /.
Hubbard City has just voted an addi-
tional tax on herself to run the free
schools ten months in the year.
Business men have taken hold of the
srtesian well project and it will be a
success,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
Rhonn6s

Special to the Gazette.
RHoME, TEX, April 28-This place is
situated about 200 feet above Fort Worth,
on a high cool prairie, but we can no
longer term it cool. The thermometer
registered 90 in the shade to-day, the
highest your correspondent ever knew it
here in April.
Cotton planting is going vigorously on.
Small grain is needing RAIN almost as
much as 1t did before the heavy rain on
the 18th inst.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-04-29
THE COMMERCE Lac VIOLATED.
Passes Used Ns stockmen Since the Law
Went Into Effect.

Passes Used b stockmen Since the Law
Went Into Effect. ~
BUFFALO, N. Y, April 2S.-There was
a rumor current among stockmen yester-
day that the interstate commerce law
had been violated by western roads. 81
have seen a pass which was issued April
by the Bee Line and good between
Cleveland and St. LOUIS" said dealer.
The man who bad it took some stock over
the road. Another man said: eyes, !
saw pass, but not from Cleveland to st.
Louis, but from Detroit west. 1t has
been issued since the 1st to sheepman."
Another man had heard of a pass
from Chicago to Kansas City, which was
issued by the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road.